Brooking: ‘Defense can be great’

The Cowboys have allowed 21 points or fewer in nine consecutive games, the club’s longest such streak since 2003.

That’s not good enough for linebacker Keith Brooking.

“Our standards are extremly high,” Brooking said. “We want to be the best. We’re not there yet. We’re not even close to being there yet. You’re never there in this league and we’ve just got to to continue to progress, continue to get better. We have what it takes defensively to be great, to be really good. We can’t be scared to get to that level, we have to get it. You earn it, and we have to earn it every day and continue to get better.”